The Krakatoa Volcanic Eruption of 1883 - The Loudest Sound Ever Heard?

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @Geodiode
    @Geodiode  2 года назад +1296

    Ok, so none of us alive witnessed this event, but if you have any experiences of volcanic eruptions, or if you live in or near the Sunda Strait, please say hi, and tell us all about it!

    • @coffeesweet1
      @coffeesweet1 2 года назад +271

      I currently reside in Depok, a small town 18 Km from Jakarta. a distant relative of mine were victims of the 2018 tsunami caused by Anak Krakatau eruption, an entire family of 4 perished in the shore of Anyer where most of the victims were found. Depok itself is around 20km from mount Gede and Salak, both are still active volcano. My hometown in Malang is surrounded by 5 different volcanoes; Bromo, Semeru, Arjuna and Welirang (though Arjuna and Welirang often considered as one as they are side by side forming twin volcanic cones) and Kelud. living surrounded by volcanoes basically humbled me. I went back and forth between Depok and Malang, so throughout my lifetime I've experienced 4 different volcanic eruptions; Kelud in my childhood in the early 90s, then Bromo in the mid 2000, another one of Kelud in 2014 and the most recent was Semeru on December of 2021. Anak Krakatau itself is currently being monitored closely to avoid another undetected disaster like what happened in 2018. and once a while, in the dead of the night, I can hear it rumbling in the distant, although the distance from Depok to the island of Anak Krakatau is more or less around 100km.

    • @ifan_ahh6539
      @ifan_ahh6539 2 года назад +3

      Hii

    • @kersikserai8874
      @kersikserai8874 2 года назад +48

      hi.. i am from borneo island of indonesia. it's about 2 hour by airplane. located northeast of mt krakatau. Thank you for excellent video.. enlightening history of krakatau.. hopefully someday by its eruption time n time again, its body will be developing itself from east to west so the sumatra n java island will be connected.. not only bring fertilizer but also mega infrastructure made by nature

    • @SAyonara90
      @SAyonara90 Год назад +3

      hello M.R
      frm idn

    • @glenchapman3899
      @glenchapman3899 Год назад +22

      You can get a feel of what it was like by watching footage of the shockwaves hitting Tonga after the eruption last year

  • @Dovietail
    @Dovietail Год назад +2963

    Krakatoa is believed to be the source of a population explosion of saguaro cacti in the Sonoran desert of Arizona. Inordinate numbers of seedlings and baby saguaros survived the mild summer that followed the eruption, and many of them are still thriving today. We believe several saguaros on our property are Krakatoa babies, and they are STUNNING.

    • @slayer7682
      @slayer7682 Год назад +74

      that's really cool history. I tried looking that up, I couldn't find anything.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +224

      Amazing if true. Nature is a wondrous thing, that such a distant cause could have such an effect across a whole ocean.

    • @204azfc
      @204azfc Год назад +35

      There's no connection. What volcanic eruption is responsible for the unusually mild Summers the past year and the previous before? A butterfly farts in Kenya does not spur irregular mangrove groves in Florida.

    • @MikeGreenwood51
      @MikeGreenwood51 Год назад +53

      @@204azfc
      But if the butterflies farts in Kenya were registering as colossas and the size of Krakatoa with volcanic bombs dropping on the Floridian Mangroves. Then you would for sure know that size difference is a relevent factor. If the Karlatoen emmissions cloud was raised high enough by the immense heat then it is only 6 hours before the eaths rotation moves Florida, Cuba etc around to the underneath of the ash and dust cloud.

    • @LawrenceMclean
      @LawrenceMclean Год назад +24

      @@MikeGreenwood51 The cloud would have move with the Earths rotation. It would have diffused throughout the atmosphere via normal atmospheric winds.
      The rotational speed at the equator is about 1000 miles per hour. When people jump up off the ground at the equator, the Earth does not slip away at 1000 mph!!!

  • @satuserver8386
    @satuserver8386 2 года назад +966

    Living in Indonesia is like standing on the edge of a steep cliff and deeply enjoying the beauty of nature, if you are not careful and alert

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад +42

      Great metaphor!

    • @simpleman5688
      @simpleman5688 Год назад

      Would not want their “rules”-nope never ever numbskull.

    • @MuraqibHakimID
      @MuraqibHakimID Год назад +3

      🙏❤

    • @tamiiymchristine
      @tamiiymchristine Год назад +14

      That's the problem. Mother nature's name isn't mother nature, it is Jehovah, Jesus Christ Yeshua, the one that died and allows us to keep breathing. Repent humble yourself before the Throne of God. He is gracious and slow to anger but he hates wickedness, the lifeless stone idols that the people of Asia elevate as a false god. Repent, God bless you.

    • @arkhanpratama5669
      @arkhanpratama5669 Год назад

      @@tamiiymchristine
      To my brothers everywhere,
      I am Indonesian Muslim, but I believe in some of God's Words in the Bible, and I believe Jesus is the Way of truth, because all of God's messengers are the way of Truth and life, for all mankind so they don't go astray. in the deceptions of Satan and the devil.
      For us Muslims, death is something that will definitely come to us anytime, anywhere, whether young or old, when the time comes, the angel of death will definitely come to pick us up. There are no coincidences, this hand, this eye, this breath, this moment, everything is the will of God Almighty.
      Brother, I'm not here to argue with you, I'm just saying something from a different point of view, nothing more. There is a Bible verse which I think is a very beautiful sentence for us to meditate on together.
      James 2:19-26
      2:19 Do you believe that there is only one God? This is good! But the demons also believe that, and they tremble.
      2:20 You fools, will you admit now, that faith without works is empty faith?
      2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?
      2:22 You see that faith cooperates with works and by works faith is made perfect.
      2:23 In this way the text is fulfilled which reads: "Then Abraham believed in God, and God reckoned him as righteousness." Because of that Abraham is called: "Friend of God".
      2:24 So you see, that man is justified by works and not by faith alone.
      2:25 And wasn't Rahab the harlot justified in the same way, when she hid those who were ordered into her house and helped them escape by another way?
      2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.
      Therefore, do good to anyone, and don't hurt anyone that way Allah is always with us. Thanks you, May Allah bless you, Aamiin.

  • @KakaUmbraLunar
    @KakaUmbraLunar 2 года назад +2569

    I live in west java... my grandma is 80 years old, my grandma told their parent and the villagers have hearing problem from that explotion...

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад +411

      Wow, that's amazing that this information was passed down in your family. Thanks v. much for sharing that.

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 Год назад +32

      East of Java! Great movie.

    • @ApokalyptikNM
      @ApokalyptikNM Год назад +67

      Didn't the krakatoa sound travel around the earth like 6 times.. it was so loud it was heard in now (I don't think it was called or even discovered at the time) Perth Australia.. roughly 1900 miles away..

    • @bboi1489
      @bboi1489 Год назад +22

      ​@Karl with a K A damn shame, isn't it?

    • @northamerica5142
      @northamerica5142 Год назад +57

      @Karl with a K Whats your point? It's animated cartoons made in a certain artstyle lmao

  • @Milnard
    @Milnard Год назад +239

    i know you probably wouldn't read this but, there was a myth by our ancestor, it says that thousands of years ago java and sumatra island were connected.. and there happened a volcano eruption that separates the two.. and that volcano was krakatau.
    also back then our ancestor says that krakatau used to be a giant mountain, but the explosion was so big and devastating, that it actually destroys itself and its surroundings.
    (this was one of the story my grandma used to tell me before i go to sleep, and my grandma also hear this story from her grandma, and my grandma's grandma would also hear this story from her grandma and so on...)

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +19

      I read all comments :) And thanks for sharing your family's story!

    • @tess4-2
      @tess4-2 8 месяцев назад +24

      Oral history is one of the most important ways of learning history. How lucky you are to hear such an important story from your grandma. Always share your story, so your children and grandchildren will know it and share it too. Thank you so much for posting this
      💕💞

    • @bethday303
      @bethday303 8 месяцев назад +7

      Ii have read quite a bit about this mountain, and one part of this is true - it WAS a "giant mountain" before the explosion. There are drawings and photos to prove it.. And - I'm not positive, but it seems like the 2 islands were connected at some point, and the evidence appears to show that an earlier eruption by Krakatau split them apart

    • @40degreesGD
      @40degreesGD 6 месяцев назад +1

      ​​@@bethday303yeah. Photos. Makes sense

    • @BeefCheeser
      @BeefCheeser 6 месяцев назад

      @@40degreesGD???

  • @randomvintagefilm273
    @randomvintagefilm273 Год назад +106

    I've traveled to Java and honestly I had no idea there were so many ACTIVE volcanoes along that ridge. We flew over some and I could see them smoking. Great video!

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +9

      Thanks - yes, the most volcanic and most populated island in the world.

    • @Harudian
      @Harudian 10 месяцев назад

      Java and sumatra are in the ring of fire. Same like japan.

  • @simonwatson4153
    @simonwatson4153 Год назад +640

    I lived in Bandung,West Java, 1977-1979 and my house was on the slopes of Tangkuban Prahu, a volcano which was semi-active or semi-dormant depending on your point of view.
    Some nights you would have to keep all your windows closed because of the fumes.On the other hand you could go to the hot springs at Ciater and have a free "spa" treatment.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +45

      Great to hear of your experiences back in the day!

    • @samuelfellows6923
      @samuelfellows6923 Год назад +35

      🇬🇧😨, I assume you must have a monitoring/alarm system for the volcano, I certainly would be terrified of the prospect of living on the edge of one

    • @SubvertTheState
      @SubvertTheState Год назад +41

      Thats crazy haha. Shut the windows, Earth is spewing toxic gases again.

    • @awboat
      @awboat Год назад +32

      @@SubvertTheState "Nah honey, just me farting"

    • @SubvertTheState
      @SubvertTheState Год назад +3

      @@awboat 🤢

  • @Revante.
    @Revante. Год назад +147

    Us : We have created the greatest explosion of all time (NUKE)
    Nature : Pffff, small firecrackers

    • @bethday303
      @bethday303 8 месяцев назад +2

      Love your sense of humor! Or life outlook, or whatever... Anyway, you made me laugh. Thanks!

    • @slashnburn9234
      @slashnburn9234 3 месяца назад +3

      Or if you look at it another way, the entire mass of a mountain only created an explosion four times the size of a few kilos of nuclear material... it's all about perspective

    • @jordancarlin9687
      @jordancarlin9687 21 день назад +2

      Government : carbon will cause problems
      Krakatoa: hold my beer

  • @BrianBaileyedtech
    @BrianBaileyedtech Год назад +64

    I just spent a week at Lake Toba - fantastic history. Volcanoes create life while taking life. Ultimately, while their immense power is to be feared and respected, they also have created and continue to create the planet we know today. They ARE life.

  • @Oddone64
    @Oddone64 Год назад +325

    I remember my Grandmother telling me of the orange tinted sunrises and sunsets she witnessed as a little girl and her Father telling her it was due to the dust from Krakatoa.
    This was on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia in the early 1900’s.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +16

      Great story. And wow your ancestors were real pioneers to be out there so early (I lived in Adelaide 1976-80)

    • @iamarizonaball2642
      @iamarizonaball2642 Год назад

      @@Geodiode can you make a video on Arizona?

    • @danielblue4460
      @danielblue4460 Год назад +6

      I don't think so, the eruption was 1883, dusts from the eruption will be all drained today the ground by rains and storms within 7 years.

    • @MarcusBP
      @MarcusBP 4 месяца назад +1

      No, that's nearly impossible. The eruption happened in 1883. 141 years ago. By 1888, the sulphur dioxide that gave the earth such incredible sunsets had settled out of the atmosphere. So, she would have had to been old enough to see and remember it herself. So, she would have had to been born no later than around 1884 to remember the sunsets. That's 140 years ago. Very few people on this planet had grandparents alive 140 years ago...even if they themselves are elderly.

    • @kanomee
      @kanomee 2 месяца назад +3

      ​@@MarcusBP but its not entirely impossible.. the op could be someone of age 60-70+, and if the age differences between op with their parents are more than 30-40+ years old as well as the grandparents with op's parents, then it might be possible, if my math is correct

  • @larryleow7780
    @larryleow7780 Год назад +116

    .. i climbed Anak Krakatoa a year before the eruption - it was spewing ash & growing like 1 metre a year.. the view from the peak was breathtaking... i remember the slope was made of ash only & my feet sinks every step i take - feels like walking on moon.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +7

      Great to have experienced it!

    • @jeffadams4590
      @jeffadams4590 Год назад +6

      What's walking on the moon like?

    • @maryatkinson2006
      @maryatkinson2006 Год назад +9

      @@jeffadams4590 Soft and bouncy, I believe, judging by the astronauts.

    • @royt9227
      @royt9227 Год назад +9

      @@jeffadams4590 Like walking on the slope of Krakatau.

    • @coyleigh
      @coyleigh Год назад +3

      How the Hell do you know what it's like to walk on the moon?

  • @kevincupy
    @kevincupy Год назад +57

    This explosion had given us so many marks, and it's poetically documented in so much like literature such a "Syair Lampung Karam" or "Poem of Drowned Lampung", and a Batavian (Betawi) folksong named "Kramat Karem". Also, it's indeed recorded in a Chinaman's diary of Batavia by Tio Tek Hong.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +3

      It was indeed a global event.

  • @leejabara5685
    @leejabara5685 Год назад +32

    Hi I went to Anak Krakatoa with my girl friend in October 2015 and camped on the island with the help of our Indonesian crew
    The volcano was rumbling all night and we hiked to the top ridge which was taking a chance with our lives at that point -
    quite amazing feeling to have done this and have the photos to remember by. The power of the earth and the beauty of nature fuses there. it was like being in a National geographic movie!!

    • @tonyfolk8176
      @tonyfolk8176 Год назад

      Brave.

    • @deanwilkendorf5304
      @deanwilkendorf5304 Год назад +1

      @@tonyfolk8176 It is those moments that remind us, how insignificant we are. Enjoy the time you have, we are only one eruption away from ... Eternity(?)

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Great story, Lee!

    • @leeneon854
      @leeneon854 3 месяца назад +1

      Yeah been up to this volcano in 2008, climbed up to the rim, whole place was shaking under my feet, thought to myself what hell iam I doing here, lol, skipped camping on black beach, went next volcano jumped in for a swimming lol, nuts, lucky really

  • @jotech5086
    @jotech5086 Год назад +290

    There was a TV show a long time ago (which is where I'm from) called The Time Tunnel. Their first episode was about Krakatoa. I was around ten, and I'd never heard of Krakatoa before. It's amazing that the eruption obliterated the island. I remember first seeing a news story about this volcano being back. At that time it was just a peak sticking up out of the water with smoke coming out of it. I was astonished when in 2018 it erupted and there was an island attached to that peak! Great video!

    • @Allan_aka_RocKITEman
      @Allan_aka_RocKITEman Год назад +7

      I remember that episode...👍

    • @john324
      @john324 Год назад +2

      @@Allan_aka_RocKITEman me too!

    • @Chimalli2000
      @Chimalli2000 Год назад +1

      You're from the past?

    • @jotech5086
      @jotech5086 Год назад +6

      @@Chimalli2000 I meant that I was born a long time ago. Yeah, I;m from the past alright...1954.

    • @Chimalli2000
      @Chimalli2000 Год назад +1

      @@jotech5086 right on man

  • @brandondavilai3728
    @brandondavilai3728 Год назад +46

    I remember doing a project in my community college geography class and getting so invested into the research. Prior, I had always learned of Krakatau being the loudest sound ever recorded but didn't know much else about. Doing research for my project was so exciting. Learning how it affected the island and even how many artists took inspiration from the sunsets that it caused. Such an interesting piece of history!

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +3

      Great to hear! And yes, I had been told it was the loudest sound heard when I was at school.

    • @brandondavilai3728
      @brandondavilai3728 Год назад

      @@Geodiode I even rewrote an old short story from high school about Edvard Munch awhile back and mentioned that in one paragraph after I learned more about it.

  • @danielscuiry2847
    @danielscuiry2847 Год назад +151

    This is a lot more balanced than a lot of RUclips presentations on this subject. In other words thanks leaving out all the gloom and doom predictions 👍🏻

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +39

      You're welcome! A notable observation of material from TV, such as the History Channel or Discovery. In the end I actually became tired of their sensationalised, headline grabbing points in the intro and endings, with dramatic silly music saying just how dangerous it was to be a human being on planet Earth. Glad to see someone else thinks the same!

    • @philiphudgens4726
      @philiphudgens4726 Год назад +2

      That's not YT, that's the joyless ESG climate emergency twonks embraced by the woke Establishment...such as Greta, aka The Green Goblin.
      Where's Spiderman when you really need him?!

    • @kevinmathewson4272
      @kevinmathewson4272 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@philiphudgens4726 you bought the oil industry propaganda hook line and sinker.

    • @iponce2
      @iponce2 20 дней назад

      ​@@philiphudgens4726your kool-aid sounds tasty.

  • @andrewbarss6244
    @andrewbarss6244 2 года назад +168

    Great video as always! I liked how you mentioned not only Krakatoa but also Mount Tambora and Toba. Volcanoes are just so interesting! Can't wait to see what you've got next time, Geodiode!

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад +4

      Thx for coming to the Premiere Andrew. And yes, I wanted to put this eruption into the context of others so it could be understood within the grand scheme of things.

    • @jeffbrooks8024
      @jeffbrooks8024 Год назад

      Also Samalas

    • @jeffadams4590
      @jeffadams4590 Год назад

      Miss my geodude, got him max level and he evolved.

  • @colbyowens4273
    @colbyowens4273 2 года назад +37

    I haven't visited your channel in a while Geodiode but oh my goodness am I ever so happy when I do. Stellar content!!

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад +2

      Thanks! Glad to have you back!

  • @harryvanhoo7235
    @harryvanhoo7235 Год назад +92

    Beautiful video with clear comparisons. I have read several novels about Krakatoa, one about a ship caught in the tsunami. A friend was staying in Olongapo during the eruption of Mt Pinatubo. The description and the prevailing conditions were astonishing. I did visit the area not long afterwards. There was an entire town buried with just the tip of the church steeple poking up from the ground.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +9

      Thank you. Yes, the raw devastation and change to topography from these monsters is incredible.

    • @kevincupy
      @kevincupy Год назад +2

      Interesting. What's name of novels you read about Krakatoa explosion story within?

  • @Thetarget1
    @Thetarget1 Год назад +10

    This brings me back! When I was a kid, I had a documentary on VHS about Krakatoa, which was my favourite video. I would watch it again and again and again...
    This was a really well made video. Subscribed :)

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks! I don't miss VHS though! 😄

  • @the_phaistos_disk_solution
    @the_phaistos_disk_solution Год назад +24

    ⚡"Krak-a-toa" is the phonetic enunciation of the sound of a volcano going off. I just realized that. Great video. Great topic.

    • @gibbogle
      @gibbogle 4 месяца назад +2

      Except that the local name is "Krakatau".

    • @FlightMate
      @FlightMate 2 месяца назад

      Actually it's "Krakaboom"

    • @deletdis6173
      @deletdis6173 2 месяца назад

      Also known as onomatopoeia.

    • @moondoggie7478
      @moondoggie7478 2 месяца назад

      Like how Squidward says it, lol

  • @memes_r_dreamz5280
    @memes_r_dreamz5280 Год назад +11

    Nah Squidward yelling Krakatoa was the loudest sound ever

  • @maryatkinson2006
    @maryatkinson2006 Год назад +18

    Brought up in Malaysia 1970-83 but did not experience any effects from the Indonesian archipelago in that time despite proximity. Living in Australia so did see the tsunami of 2004 on the news. And the more recent, smaller tsunami (can't recall the year and it hit a different coastline). Loved the video. Very interesting indeed and well narrated.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +2

      Thanks Mary. And an interesting account of your own times.

  • @girlbuu9403
    @girlbuu9403 Год назад +77

    Loudest sound ever recorded. The loudest ever heard by humans was probably Toba or Tambora and it was nice to see you mention them.

    • @FirAnto
      @FirAnto Год назад +5

      And in a step up game too. Colossal, super colossal, and then mega colossal.

    • @girlbuu9403
      @girlbuu9403 Год назад +2

      @@FirAnto Makes me wonder if a giga colossal would have a plume that resembled Ernest Khalimov's face. Would be a fun thing to look at before the shock wave ruptured your internal organs.

    • @entusiastaportecnologiajun7289
      @entusiastaportecnologiajun7289 6 месяцев назад

      Look, as far as I know the eruption of the tambora was heard at more than 2,000 km, there is already the cracatoa was heard at more than 5,000 km, besides that from what I've been researching, although there is a supposed recording on youtube of this explosion, it's just a simulation of what it must have been

  • @RariqaD
    @RariqaD Год назад +9

    I lived near one of the most active volcano in Java, the Merapi. In my 20 years there, i witnessed 6-8 eruptions. I lived around 35 kilometers from the mountain itself, so the damage to our community is minimal. Though as an asthmatic kid, the volcanic dust was NOT fun. If the eruption happened at night, our community would watch it together outside, talking in reverence for mother nature. But I want to mention the people who lives near the top of the mountain, and they are INCREDIBLY close. Every time, they would evacuate their house, leave their farm or other business they built there, watching as most of it leveled with the ground, and without fail, they would come back and build it again.

    • @DreamteamCarlo
      @DreamteamCarlo Год назад

      I just visited Merapi in January. Having seen quite a few volcanoes, I didn't find the views extremely impressive. (Also it was the wet season.) But the relationship between the population and the volcano was very interesting to see, so it was still a nice trip.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +2

      Incredible to hear this. I guess land is land, and for poor people, it is all they have. The alternative is to become one of the many urban poor? But they're willing to risk their lives to own a piece of it

  • @scpatl4now
    @scpatl4now Год назад +11

    I believe since this video was made the Hunga Tonga -Hunga Ha' apai volcanic eruption has been increased to a VE6 once they were able to see that there is now a 750 meter deep caldera that formed after the eruption which would imply a lot more material was ejected than first thought. This eruption also rivals Krakatoa for the loudest sound. The sound wave was heard in Alaska and traveled the globe 3 times (even though it was under 100 ft of water). It is hard to compare though since we were able to get such good data with the more recent eruption. These are once in a lifetime events (and that's probably a good thing). Great video as always. I have alerts for your channel so I dont know why this never came up. All the other ones did. The mysteries of RUclips...congrats on 100K subs!!!

    • @christianbuczko1481
      @christianbuczko1481 Год назад

      Hunga tunga was over 1 year ago, it says this video is 8months old, so it would predate this video.

    • @jayjaynella4539
      @jayjaynella4539 Год назад +2

      That Hunga volcano caused an immensely wet winter in Australia and also in South Africa due to the mass of water ejected into the atmosphere that took several months to descend.

  • @Raryrary
    @Raryrary Год назад +48

    I live in Lampung, the very south province of Sumatra, and I actually had only 3-5 encounter with Krakatoa events, its about her earthquakes and ashes some years ago, I still remember to live in tents outside for a week and wear a mask for months
    But earthquakes are such a regular occurences here, usually (and thankfully) only mild ones so not a big deal

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +6

      Fascinating to hear! So many people where you are living so close to such danger!

  • @jasonstevenson110
    @jasonstevenson110 Год назад +52

    Since I was a child, I have always been fascinated by volcanoes. Perhaps that is because I am from Australia where we don't have any active volcanoes. My closest experience was to stand on the rim of Mt Yasur in Vanuatu in 1989. I could see red hot lava bombs being ejected from the bottom of the crater to nearly my height on the rim. It was surreal even if relatively small.

    • @c.a.t4607
      @c.a.t4607 Год назад +1

      If you ever get a chance check out some of the videos from central Washington university the geology professor does a great job explaining the cascadia volcanos along the US west coast. And cover some supervolcano stuff too. Like how Yellowstone was formed or may explode.. their videos are very good if you enjoy volcano or geology..
      I've been to a few volcanos, Mt Shasta a bunch of times, once to Hawaii to see those ones and Crater lake in Oregon a potential super volcano site like Krakatoa.. Crater lake was crazy because the water inside the cone is so crystal clear reminds me of lake Tahoe which I also think was a supervolcano a long long time ago.. Yosemite was formed by volcanic activity.. it's crazy to look at magma flowing from the earth knowing it's super hot, but also like the blood of the earth flowing and creating new land, while destroying everything in it's path..
      I remember how big a deal Mt St Helens was when it exploded.. that footage is always interesting to go back and watch too since it was caught on film and has been studied ever since

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +11

      I grew up in Melbourne and Adelaide! Oz is the most stable piece of continental crust in the world. No surprise there's no volcanoes there. But all around it, wow! Good story about Vanuatu. And most importantly, that you survived to tell the tale ;)

  • @catmomchantel
    @catmomchantel Год назад +10

    I've always held an interest in art history, as well as geology, so I was so incredibly fascinated when I first learned of the way this eruption affected sunsets and how you can see evidence of it in the artwork of the time. A super interesting way to see these 2 worlds collide.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Indeed - the connections with the natural world and art are endless.

  • @tddt1615
    @tddt1615 Год назад +4

    This is educational, and really engaging, man, you deserves more subs!
    Bravo

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Wow, thank you! And welcome to the channel! Yes, the YT algorithm is finally catching up. Long overdue! ;)

  • @raewynannbenten1385
    @raewynannbenten1385 Год назад +17

    We were fortunate enough to spend two days and one night on Krakatoa Island in Sept 2018, watching Anak Krakatoa (Child of Krakatoa) 3 kms away, put on the most amazing sound and light show, as it was active and had been exploding for several months. Sadly, the fresh ash and lava deposits we witnessed, collapsed several months later into the sea, causing a Tsunami that killed hundreds of Javanese in December 2018.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +2

      Great to witness, and yes, a tragedy after it collapsed.

  • @richardtorres2676
    @richardtorres2676 2 года назад +35

    I don’t have any experience with volcanoes! But I feel really impressed when they turn actives, the lava flow color, like a river of fire is just as amazing as dangerous!
    Love this video! Thanks for this awesome episode! 🌋✨

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад +5

      Thank you Richard! Yes, they hold a fascination for all of us I think. The raw power, the spectacle, the danger, the feeling that there isn't anything we can do to control them as humans.

    • @vishalgaur9669
      @vishalgaur9669 2 года назад

      No offence but you are freak

  • @zoology6572
    @zoology6572 2 года назад +5

    Hi! These types of videos are cool and I really enjoy them!

  • @jackjones8363
    @jackjones8363 8 месяцев назад +1

    I've been to Krakatau (Local spelling/pronunciation) and the area near Krakatau many times. I live in both the UK and Indonesia and regularly stay in Carita, a beach resort in full view of the volcanic island that grew from the exploded Krakatau.
    I love it there weekdays when it's just the locals who are so friendly. I have taken some of the most stunning post sunset photos from Carita Beach, over the years...
    One of my saddest Indonesia memories was back in the early 90s when a teacher friend from Canada, named Polly, died after being hit by volcanic rock, ejected during an eruption. To this day it still smokes and retuning to Jakarta more recently an eruption from the seabed caused a tsunami that killed members of a local band and others at a party seeing in the new year.. I'm writing this from my 38th floor, sea view, studio apartment, which I rent for under £150 pm...

  • @scottjackson1420
    @scottjackson1420 Год назад +10

    I own a copy of the book by Simon Winchester, "Krakatoa The Day The World Exploded: August 27, 1883." It's so very good. It's almost shocking to think that this happened in what can be called modern times.
    It can happen again. With the expansion of human habitation, I can barely imagine the damage that will happen when an eruption like this next occurs.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +3

      Absolutely. Just look at Vesuvius and how the Greater Naples city has expanded to all around that volcano.

  • @giuseppersa2391
    @giuseppersa2391 Год назад +11

    Definitely one of the best documentaries on a most fascinating subject.. Thank you 😊🌹

  • @peterwimmer1259
    @peterwimmer1259 Год назад +4

    Great documentary! I knew some details about the eruption of Krakatau, but I learned some more significant details. Best, Peter

  • @indigocheetah4172
    @indigocheetah4172 Год назад +6

    Your video and analysis of the volcanoe is appreciated . I can not imagine the horrific ordeal the people who were there went through.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +2

      Glad you appreciated it. Yes, it is beyond most human experience to suffer what 100,000+ went through on this day.

    • @indigocheetah4172
      @indigocheetah4172 Год назад

      @@Geodiode , your video is excellent. It is beyond my imagination the loss of li6. When White Island erupted in New Zealand . I followed the story as several Australians were hurt . Along with others a horrific ordeal . What are your thoughts on the incident , thanks .

    • @venderpara7895
      @venderpara7895 Год назад

      didnt the same thing happen back 1800s and the sailships and bay town across the island got wiped off

  • @zTheBigFishz
    @zTheBigFishz Год назад +11

    I imagine that the dinosaurs - assuming they had ears - heard an even louder sound on the day the Cretaceous ended.

  • @Paradiso.21
    @Paradiso.21 Год назад +21

    Inspired by this eruption, Karel Čapek, one of the best known Czech authors, named one of his books Krakatit where a scientist invents an increadibly strong explosive (the Krakatit) and has to make sure no one replicates his formula or misuses the explosive he already created.
    I can wholeheartedly recommend reading it; it¨s been one of my favourite books since high school (or perhaps check out his theatre play script R.U.R. where the word 'robot' was invented and used for the very first time).

  • @escapedia
    @escapedia Год назад +91

    Great video! The narration is informative and engaging, providing a detailed overview of the Krakatoa volcanic eruption of 1883, including the causes, impact, and historical context. The visuals are also impressive, helping to illustrate the scale and magnitude of this catastrophic event. Overall, an excellent educational resource for anyone interested in geology and natural disasters. Warm greeting from Jakarta, Indonesia 😀👍👌🙏

    • @jamjardj1974
      @jamjardj1974 Год назад

      Causes?😂

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +9

      Thank you very much for your detailed and considered comment.

  • @nemyz7421
    @nemyz7421 Год назад +14

    The great explosion of the Krakatoa volcano in 1883 on the island of Java, which changed the auroras in several countries and temperatures around the world , was the fantastic meeting two great forces of nature :
    "FIRE AND WATER"
    Greetings from Brazil / South América

  • @steppedonmyglasses
    @steppedonmyglasses Год назад +8

    I was in Anyer, Banten with my family when Anak Krakataw (child of Krakatoa) erupted and caused tsunami in 2018. We heard some loud noise in the evening but didn't think it was the eruption. Fortunately, when there was a warning about tsunami we quickly decided to go to Jakarta. I only knows about the news of tsunami from morning news.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Fascinating to hear. And I'm glad you survived. Sadly many didn't.

  • @johnjephcote7636
    @johnjephcote7636 Год назад +12

    I recall the true tale of the British clipper plying the Sunda Straits just before the main eruption, with the crew shovelling the ash overboard as fast as possible to prevent a capsize (as one would ice). The ship survived but as the sound of the final eruption was heard across the Pacific, I reckon the crew must have been deafened.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +5

      Incredible that they survived, but yes, I imagine they must have all lost their hearing.

  • @affalaffaa
    @affalaffaa Год назад +24

    300dB wow, that's even louder than my neighbours parties when they have a family gathering. Truly powerful.

  • @christinarcelano2235
    @christinarcelano2235 Год назад +62

    This is a beautifully edited, magnificently presented video with an immersive educational experience that I wish to continue. Thank you.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +4

      Wow - thank you very much Christina! This video only just recently started getting a lot of views. I may have to do another in this series now...

    • @28pbtkh23
      @28pbtkh23 Год назад

      @@Geodiode - I agree. The video is beautifully shot with good narration.

  • @andreikaplanov8903
    @andreikaplanov8903 Год назад +11

    Спасибо за труды.
    Интересно и познавательно.
    Удачи вам в дальнейшем!

  • @tygerbyrn
    @tygerbyrn Год назад +9

    Awesome video of a devastating disaster. A fine accompaniment to Simon Winchester’s book detailing Krakatoa. Subbed!

  • @gjfklglksdfghlkjkl
    @gjfklglksdfghlkjkl Год назад +18

    Squidward moment

  • @mattanderson6672
    @mattanderson6672 Год назад +1

    Loved this!!
    Thank you

  • @taniataito
    @taniataito Год назад +5

    I really enjoyed this.. so interesting, fascinating!.. I want to know more about volcanoes now! Well produced. Thank you ❤🙏

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +2

      Thank you - and wonderful to hear! Yes, my videos are there as subject introductions to then prompt a deeper study afterwards.

  • @alperenbaser7952
    @alperenbaser7952 2 года назад +4

    great job once more . We need more videos from you . We miss you

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад +1

      Thanks again Alperen. I would do more, except my main job has me so busy and will likely be so until the end of the year :(

  • @fakhrulpulungan5933
    @fakhrulpulungan5933 2 года назад +29

    i'm from Indonesia and I love this video, its very accurate and brilliant. But we don't call it 'sunda plate' here, we call it 'eurasian plate'

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад +7

      Glad you liked it, and I enjoyed saying a bit about your country. Regarding the Sunda vs Eurasian plate, some geologists use one, others the other. It was 50/50 on which to call it, and "heads" on the coin toss said "Sunda" :)

    • @donjohnstone3707
      @donjohnstone3707 Год назад

      To be more geographically accurate, It should be called the Australasian Plate.

    • @marknewton6984
      @marknewton6984 Год назад +1

      East of Java!

  • @juttaweise
    @juttaweise Год назад +29

    I highly recomment the book "Krakatao, the day the world exploded" by Simon Winchester. (also available in german). One of the most interesting books I ever read. He not only describes the actual explosion, but everything that happend before and after. For instance I learned that the scientific world did not know about the moving of the tectonic plates until the middle of the last century!

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +3

      Yes! Many recommendations in these comments about that book.

  • @DerekB99
    @DerekB99 8 месяцев назад +2

    Very well-done documentary. Some jaw-dropping facts.

  • @zeideerskine3462
    @zeideerskine3462 2 года назад +20

    On 24 April 2022 Anak Krakatoa had a major eruption leading to a soundwave that traveled around the world twice and a serious tsunami that had surprisingly few victims thanks to a good early warning system. This is now the second Krakatoa and Anak Krakatoa video I have seen that has been posted since that eruption and made no mention of it. Strange that. Even if the videos were made before the latest Anak Krakatoa eruption they can add a mention to make them up to date.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад +13

      Perhaps you didn't hear me say "as of this video a new eruption is ongoing"?

    • @maryatkinson2006
      @maryatkinson2006 Год назад +3

      Ah, that's the year of tsunami I could not recall that was recent in the news. And an undersea quake near Aceh happened in September.

  • @ManahManah77
    @ManahManah77 Год назад +4

    Krakatoa is what you do when you kick the coffee table in the middle of the night.

  • @Daemonarch2k6
    @Daemonarch2k6 Год назад +4

    These flashes in the ash of an eruption are pretty scary. Volcanoes are absolutely fascinating.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +4

      Yep. The air is very dry, and the mixing of air currents within the plume causes a static buildup leading to lightning. There is some epic footage of this in a recent Chilean eruption.

  • @ice9594
    @ice9594 Год назад +1

    Thanks, really enjoyed learning about Krakatau & the history/levels of major volcanoes.

  • @joefatalooch8057
    @joefatalooch8057 6 месяцев назад +2

    Proof that no matter how much humans may argue, the Earth and its components have the greatest effect on our environment

  • @rpc717
    @rpc717 Год назад +3

    Whoever wrote and produced this video should be the official history teacher for Earth. Everyone would be interested.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Thanks!

    • @penguin44ca
      @penguin44ca 3 месяца назад

      ​@@Geodiodeit isn't you. This is from 2018

  • @matthewcoleman7083
    @matthewcoleman7083 2 года назад +18

    An interesting topic for a video could be the Temperate Rainforest Biome (I know you briefly touched in this in a previous video) particularly the Celtic Rainforests found in western parts of the British Isles

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for the suggestion. At some future distant date i may look at this again in more detail, but it wouldn't fit the "infamous" aspect of this series.

    • @matthewcoleman7083
      @matthewcoleman7083 2 года назад +1

      Fair enough. It was more of a general suggestion

  • @juanitolopez9731
    @juanitolopez9731 Год назад +61

    I first heard of the Krakatoa on its centenary, in 1983. I saw a documentary explaining the story, and I was fascinated because Mount Etna had erupted again recently and had been news all over the world. It would be years later that I would hear about the dormant monster that is sleeping under Yellowstone Park in Wyoming, a time-bomb in waiting. The day that that colossus erupts, the consequences will be absolutely catastrophic. Krakatoa will be fireworks compared to it.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +15

      Indeed. Although we could be waiting 10,000s years for Yellowstone. We'll see.

    • @alanr4447a
      @alanr4447a Год назад +5

      @@Geodiode It might take that long. Then again, it might not.

    • @geslinam9703
      @geslinam9703 Год назад +10

      @@alanr4447a it’s also possible that it won’t be a major eruption.

    • @chargemankent
      @chargemankent Год назад +6

      The problem with Krakatoa is that it is not the only Active Volcano in Indonesia.
      And its explosion could trigger all the other Volcano in Indonesia, which in turn will Trigger every other Volcano in the Ring of Fire.
      Or so I heard my Geologist Friend said. He might be exaggerating right? Right?
      Please tell me I'm wrong, cuz while typing this, I scared myself off.

    • @geslinam9703
      @geslinam9703 Год назад +3

      @@chargemankent I think might be right. I think even earthquakes, or an asteroid hitting the planet, can also trigger eruptions. All connected, geologically.

  • @michaeljdauben
    @michaeljdauben 18 дней назад

    The first time I heard of Krakatoa was in a children's book called The Twenty One Balloons. I've been fascinated by the 1883 eruption ever since. Thanks for the interesting and informative video.

  • @TimMcGrath
    @TimMcGrath 2 месяца назад +1

    I visited Krakatoa in 2002 and ‘landed’ on Anak Krakatoa and swam. In the caldera.
    Amazing place. Swimming was devine. Anak Krakatoa was bizarre, with evidence everywhere of large ejected boulders as well as ash. One lands by boat literally ‘bumping’ into the island as there is no gentle beach. The island rises straight out of the middle of the caldera.

  • @davidspurlock3836
    @davidspurlock3836 Год назад +3

    Thank you for the very informative and well made video. I much enjoyed it. 🙂

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Thank you v much! Please check out my other content!

  • @bloqk16
    @bloqk16 Год назад +6

    I'm very impressed that the Tsar Bomba was brought up as a comparison @7:26, as that explosion and devastation was well documented; as prior to viewing this video, the thought that crossed my mind: _I wonder how that 1883 Krakatoa event compared to the Tsar Bomba?_

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +4

      Of course! :) It's a reminder that we humans are humbled in our efforts of destruction by mother nature!

  • @ellecee453
    @ellecee453 Год назад +6

    Absolutely fascinating! When I was young this was the most fascinating real story about the earth I'd ever heard.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +1

      Thanks! And yes, when I was a kid, before internet or dedicated documentary TV channels, we just had the odd snippets of it, or had to read books. I remember reading about this event, and it was perhaps the first time I was made aware of how deadly nature could be. I was totally gripped! And so we come full circle, many decades later, and I got to tell the story in my own way.

    • @ellecee453
      @ellecee453 Год назад

      @@Geodiode You're welcome! I first saw a movie about it, then I sought out books about it. I really enjoyed your video.

  • @rogerbabson7221
    @rogerbabson7221 Год назад

    Great video. One minor correction: @7:10 it is stated that the decibel scale is "logarithmic," which is misleading given the proceeding comments. The decible scale, like the earthquake scale, is exponential. All scales are logarithmic, but few scales are exponential.

  • @schnertblatt
    @schnertblatt Год назад +1

    Not only did I enjoy this video, but also I learned so much! Thank you for this enlightening video! 😺👍🏻

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +1

      Glad you liked it and found it useful!

    • @schnertblatt
      @schnertblatt Год назад

      @@Geodiode Oh, I did! Thank you again! 😺👍🏻

  • @just_kos99
    @just_kos99 Год назад +3

    I read that the last major eruption of Toba, about 75K years ago, was probably the loudest sound ever heard by modern Humans (which I guess we were back then, already modern).
    My only direct experience of a volcanic eruption was Mt St Helens. I was up that Sunday morning reading the comics and I heard a POP! like a jet going supersonic (I know what that sounds like 'cause I used to live next to a SAC Air Force base). Living next to Sea-Tac Airport by this time, I was wondering why a jet would be going supersonic so close to a commercial airport. Didn't learn till after my breakfast date with my boyfriend that the mountain had violently erupted at 8:32am.

  • @colinashby3775
    @colinashby3775 Год назад +4

    I read that when Krakatoa erupted, the land that was blown away left a hole 1000 feet deep.
    Can you imagine that amount of land getting blasted away and the rush of incoming water into that.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +2

      Indeed. Wherever you get a large displacement (into, or out of) water, you get these tsunamis. Landslides into fjords, like the one in Alaska that supposedly produced the highest wave recorded (over 100m I think)...

    • @colinashby3775
      @colinashby3775 Год назад +1

      @@Geodiode that was over 1500 feet high. There was a dad and son in a sailing boat that was hit by the wave and survived. Their story is on the web

    • @philiphudgens4726
      @philiphudgens4726 Год назад +1

      @@colinashby3775 Thanks for saving me the trouble - I read that story in a Bill Bryson book when I was a kid.

    • @philiphudgens4726
      @philiphudgens4726 Год назад +2

      Go check out Yellowstone if you want to see the stunning evidence of a "large amount" of land having been blasted away.

    • @colinashby3775
      @colinashby3775 Год назад +1

      @@philiphudgens4726 when I visit America I would love to

  • @llajeunesse4668
    @llajeunesse4668 Год назад +7

    Thank you for sharing this himportant historical event. I always believed the Kakatoa was responsible for the crop failures in North America. I know for sure Québec was very much affected along the rest of Canada. Large Québec population were farmers and it causes a large population displacement toward the U.S.A. and most specifically in the New-England regions. There were french factories that recruited there Quebecers. My grand mother was born somewhere in New-England and moved later back in Québec. Is is estimated millions moved there and very few moved back in Québec.Now I have a name of the for the cuplild, thank you so much.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      You're welcome. And very interesting to hear about the QC farmers. It doesn't surprise me that they were affected as the climate there is marginal for farming anyway. So a small drop in summer temperatures would really impact them.

    • @llajeunesse4668
      @llajeunesse4668 Год назад

      It depends what you want to grow. I guess where you are from it could be marginal from your point a view. I don’t know how it is with global warming in Québec anymore, but in the western Canada they have two harvest in the summer, but mostly cereals as the land is too cold for mass production of vegetable. I The eastern provinces they grow vegetables, fruits and even grapes for the wine.

  • @Healthandwealth9422
    @Healthandwealth9422 Год назад +1

    The loudest sound is actually the microwave going off at midnight

  • @hanswi336
    @hanswi336 Месяц назад

    I've been "going" up Anak Krakatau with a friend and some Indonesian guys in summer of 1982. "Going" means every 4 steps up followed by 3 steps sliding down because the soil cracked to powder. On our way down we were slipping and sliding like on a snowy hill. At that time the island was only 285 meters high and we stood on the outer ridge with a view to the crater. The smoking crater had the same hight as our view point. Near the black sand beach were only a few small shrubs on one spot. 20 years later the volcano was about 330 m high and the place of the shrubs had developed to a small forest...

  • @iskotayo1
    @iskotayo1 Год назад +13

    I've joined in an open trip to the "Son of Krakatoa" and 2 years later it erupted once again into an almost flattened crater, and its forbidden from any tourist activity... When I knew it erupted, I suddenly feel so lucky that I've reached the top of it before its gone forever, that and the island where I visit near it, resort no more... 😢😢😢

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +1

      Thanks for sharing! But don't worry, Anak will return!

    • @iskotayo1
      @iskotayo1 Год назад +1

      @@Geodiode how? Another eruption? I hope not in the immediate time

  • @benhaloho8231
    @benhaloho8231 Год назад +3

    Fun fact.
    The native name for Krakatoa is Rakata. But, the R is spoken not by the tongue vibration, but by the throat, making it sound like krrr. They also have a habit of adding the au or ao in every word, hence Rakata became Krakatau (official Indonesian name), or Krakatoa in European ears 👀

  • @Evelyn-pl3we
    @Evelyn-pl3we Год назад +6

    Such a great video! My question is, when will something like this happen again? I know there isn’t a way to know for sure, but it is only a matter of time, for sure! It’s unimaginable to imagine no summers or modified subsets

    • @flyingsword135
      @flyingsword135 Год назад +2

      Tomorrow

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +1

      Good question! Interesting Pinatubo and Tonga Hunga, the only VEI 6's which have occurred in at least my lifetime, have not had devastating effects on climate, perhaps because we have a much more abundant form of agriculture in Europe and N. America these days, whereas 200 years ago we were still only barely producing enough food to feed ourselves, so when a climate shock occurred, many people would starve.

    • @Ann_niana
      @Ann_niana Год назад +1

      For a volcano, it's growing rapidly, i'm not surprised if this bad boy will erupt in 300 years.

  • @kellyharrison5184
    @kellyharrison5184 Год назад

    A very well produced and written documentary! You have gained a new subscriber. Thank you, thank you, thank you for using your own voice and not relying on the annoying and distracting AI narrators available today.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Wow, thank you! Yes, no AI nonsense here!

  • @loisrossi841
    @loisrossi841 4 месяца назад +1

    Always interesting, thank you.

  • @realitycheck7802
    @realitycheck7802 Год назад +5

    My father passed through the Sunda straight in !927 as Anak krakatau was rebuiding above the waves. Quite incredibly in my lifetime two huge Tsunamis have devastated the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Even more so, the eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Haapai near the main island of Tonga exceeded that in altitude of the eruptive collumn and the distance the sound travelled. It was heard in Alaska and is the focus of fascinating research enabled by modern technologies .

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +1

      Your father was lucky - to have both witnessed it, and survived!
      Re: Tonga Hunga - yes, it's in a lot of the comments on this video.

  • @rhyme7657
    @rhyme7657 Год назад +3

    Indonesia has a lot of volcanoes and I live close to one of them, Merapi. When the mega eruption in 2010 we felt vibrations and booming sounds every day and there were a lot of volcanic earthquakes that happened and it gave me a headache, I can't imagine how powerful the Krakatoa eruption was at that time

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +1

      Understood - you live in a dangerous country geologically!

  • @lordhighkage7105
    @lordhighkage7105 Месяц назад +4

    I am disappointed by the lack of Squidward in this comment section

  • @juliocean1331
    @juliocean1331 Год назад

    Great video, footage, maps and commentary! Definitely on my Bucket List! 🌋💕🙏

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Thanks! Yes definitely worth a visit from other accounts I've read here. And you can brag that you put your toes on Kraka... :)

  • @raysmith1028
    @raysmith1028 Год назад +1

    Thank you for such a Technical account with excellent information and quality photography

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      It's my pleasure! Thanks!

  • @hudsonquay
    @hudsonquay Год назад +5

    Must've been some bang. Here in New Zealand I heard the boom from the recent Tonga eruption

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +2

      Stay tuned. Your country is next in my Nation States series!

    • @スターダスト-g4s
      @スターダスト-g4s Год назад +1

      During the eruption in Tonga, multiple explosions were heard at my house in Japan.

  • @bernardedwards8461
    @bernardedwards8461 2 года назад +8

    I think you should have explained the difference between a cone volcano like Vesuvius, and a shield volcano like Etna or Mauna Loa. Krakatoa was, of course, a cone volcano.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад +9

      I thought about it during production, but in the end omitted it. The video wasn't intended to be a treatise on vulcanology but rather to explain only what was necessary to understand the 1883 eruption

  • @ragnapodewski4694
    @ragnapodewski4694 9 месяцев назад +3

    The Tambora was also heard over some thousands of miles 1815. There was military alarmed for believing an attack by foreign war ships.

  • @BeardVsTheWorldUK1
    @BeardVsTheWorldUK1 Год назад

    Fascinating video-wonderful job. The Simon Winchester book was bombastic as well. What depresses me is that most people are completely unaware of the role a all-but-unheard-of volcano in Eastern Anatolia played in the development of our way of life. In this respect, we are still, after 4-5,000 odd years, STILL feeling the effects of this eruption. It, unlike most, if not all other eruptions, dictated the formation of an ideology, and none of us are free from it...Sorry-subject means a lot to me. I loved your video-there's something fascinating about Nature's power...

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Thank, and glad you liked the video. Which eruption in Eastern Anatolia are you referring to?

    • @BeardVsTheWorldUK1
      @BeardVsTheWorldUK1 Год назад

      @@Geodiode It's one few have ever heard about, even vulcanologists. It occurred some time within the span mentioned above at Mt. Nemrut, directly on Lake Van, and the explosion was one of the reasons you can see the crater from space. The eruption itself was accompanied by a rare but not unheard-of phenomenon I won't get into (book forthcoming), and this phenomenon may be viewed as the spark that inspired Western thought, for better or worse.

  • @Gopherbee
    @Gopherbee Год назад

    Fantastic video. I dig your narration style. Subbed!

  • @miss-astronomikal-mcmxcvii
    @miss-astronomikal-mcmxcvii Год назад +5

    When you find out that the strength of Krakatoa’s explosion is more than an atomic bomb… 😳😳😳

  • @geoford
    @geoford Год назад +7

    Great video. Thanks. I visited Sambolo beach several times 30-35 years ago. Lovely beach cottages, a nice spot for a weekend. Anak Krakatoa was visible. A few boulders of black molten lava that had erupted from the volcano were on the beach. Swimming a bit dicey with strong undertow.

    • @28pbtkh23
      @28pbtkh23 Год назад

      I have been there too. Stayed in one of those cottages. True about the beach: it’s steeply shelving. Treacherous when big waves come in.

  • @yoironfistbro8128
    @yoironfistbro8128 2 года назад +5

    "The heavier fractions of this superheated coloumn then sank back to the earth as a pyroclastic flow", he says, as the Ice Cap background music starts playing...

    • @yoironfistbro8128
      @yoironfistbro8128 2 года назад +1

      Little did the narrator know, everything comes full circle as Geodiode starts talking about the drop in global temperatures from this eruption and then about Tambora's "Year Without a Summer.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад

      You are incurable!

  • @slowedbench7125
    @slowedbench7125 6 месяцев назад +1

    thanks for the information, epic vid

  • @marcboucher1239
    @marcboucher1239 5 месяцев назад +2

    Excellente présentation. J’ai eu le privilège d’aller sur l’île en 2010 et de fouler ce volcan . Ce qui m’avais surpris c’était la résilience de la nature. Plantes, reptiles, oiseaux avaient colonisé cette île. Tout sera à refaire après l’explosion de 2018. Quel souvenir.
    Merci pour ce video.

  • @dukeon
    @dukeon Год назад +5

    Great video! I love geology and midway through this I hit Like and Subscribe because I’m definitely going to check out your other videos. As regards Krakatau/Krakatoa, you probably know there’s a really good, very readable book by Simon Winchester about the eruption. As with all his books he prepares you by giving a whole history of the islands, the people, the Dutch colonizers, the flora, the fauna…you feed like you really know the place and the time and what is going on in the world. Then the tremors start… It’s my favorite book on the subject because he blends history and science with masterful storytelling. Reads like a novel, or like a good James Michener book, but it’s all factual. Anyone reading this, check it out if you can!

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +1

      Thanks v much! And welcome to the channel! Yes, many mentions of Simon's book. Haven't read it myself but going to add it to my list!

  • @stuartaaron613
    @stuartaaron613 Год назад +5

    Great video. While I have never visited that part of the world, I have visited four other famous volcanoes. In 1991 I was on my honeymoon in the Hawaiian Islands. I visited Haleakala on Maui, and Mauna Loa and Kiluea on the Big Island. More special, though was in 1990 when I hiked up Mount Pele on the island of Martinique.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад +3

      You've been busy! Scored four volcanoes in your life. I've only got two so far ;)

    • @stuartaaron613
      @stuartaaron613 Год назад +1

      @@Geodiode Pele was special because I read about the eruption on 1902 in a book about it when I was 12 in 1974.

  • @megawega6370
    @megawega6370 Год назад

    Great video. Thanks for the upload on this.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @lauryn6059
    @lauryn6059 Год назад

    Great video & I know this is random but I find your voice very relaxing! I may end up using this video as ASMR too

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  Год назад

      Thank you! Others think I'm asleep "it's so boring". Just goes to show it's personal taste.. :)

  • @I.amthatrealJuan
    @I.amthatrealJuan 2 года назад +6

    We had a taste of what Krakatau did with the Hunga Tonga eruption which was pretty comparable.

    • @Geodiode
      @Geodiode  2 года назад +2

      Yep, and Hunga Tonga was only a VEI 5!

    • @I.amthatrealJuan
      @I.amthatrealJuan 2 года назад +1

      @@Geodiode Well, it was indeed a VEI 5, but the way it released its energy was comparably violent. It had a higher ash plume than Pinatubo which was a 6, and the shockwaves were far more powerful.

    • @unknownanonymous3329
      @unknownanonymous3329 2 года назад +3

      @@Geodiode Data gathered by volcanologist from NZ says it's a VEI 6.
      a 4 km wide caldera was formed by the eruption.

    • @I.amthatrealJuan
      @I.amthatrealJuan 2 года назад +1

      @@unknownanonymous3329 I'm familiar with the NZ volcanologist's study. I talked to him and he tentatively thinks it isn't as large as Pinatubo in terms of total output, but more studies are needed to confirm.

    • @PeekaPeep
      @PeekaPeep 2 года назад

      @@unknownanonymous3329 It indeed turned out to be a VEI 6 upon further research and that eruption has already been affecting the global climate as of this comment (VERY early winter this year here in the US, actually arrived late-October). The fact that it happened largely underwater and in a relatively remote place out in the south Pacific might have caused the mainstream media to downplay it more than they should've. Seen from space, the eruption itself was MASSIVE. I remember Pinatubo back in '91, but the Tonga one was definitely larger by comparison and the shockwave it generated was heard as far away as Alaska even!